Funny, but in this ultra red county in an ultra red state,
beers are being toasted to a man who DIDN'T live to be a feeble old man, but to a man who lived more in one day that most folks do in a year.
He died too young, but he died doing what he loved.
I saw an old interview with him from 2004 on television this morning. He said what he loved most in this world was his children. I think he would rather have lived and have seen them grow up.
Honestly, I believe, if God had said to him, "Make a choice: do what you do now and die at 44 leaving your children without a father, or, sell insurance and live to spend 40 or more years with your children" he would be sitting behind a desk right now.
He said he loved his children more than anything in this world. I'll take him at his world.
It's a shame he's dead in any case. He was a decent fellow who clearly had a zest for life.